Study Recommends U.S., Japan
Form Alliance to Manage Crises

WASHINGTON -- An independent study is calling for a more resilient U.S.-Japanese alliance that can respond effectively to a crisis on the Korean peninsula or in the South China Sea.

The alliance should be redefined so that U.S. commanders can count on the availability of Japanese military and logistic support up "to the point where the crisis is taking place," said Harold Brown, a former U.S. defense secretary and the co-chairman of a group of U.S. and Japanese security experts that produced the study. He warned...